Administrator Guide

Managing Restore Points and Restoring Data

When a backup job is successfully finished, a new restore point is listed for the backup set in the Replay

Manager Explorer. A restore point is an instance of a backup. It is a point in time from which data can be

exposed or restored.

NOTE: Storage Center controls access to volumes based on user groups and corresponding volume

folders. When restoring a volume or component, make sure to restore it to a location that maintains

data security.

Summary of Restore Point Actions

This table lists actions for managing restore points and restoring data from a restore point.

Summary of Restore Point Actions

Restore Point Action Description

Restore Restores a component to its original location.

• Rename and relocate database: For SQL Server databases only, the

Restore action includes an option to rename and relocate database

components. If the database component is stored on an SMB file share, it

can be renamed within the original SMB file share location, but cannot be

relocated.

• Do Not Recover Database: For SQL Server databases only, the Restore

action includes an option to restore without recovering the database.

• Authorize Updating Clustered Storage Volume (CSV) Storage Owner:

For Windows Server 2008 R2 CSV components (Local Volume or Hyper‐V)

only, the Restore action includes an option to update the CSV owner.

NOTE: Restore is not available for Local Volume and VMware Datastores

restore points.

NOTE: Each time the Restore action restores backup set data, Replay

Manager maps the backup data to the number of LUNs required for the

restore. When the restore completes, the volumes remain mapped until

the Replays expire or the restore point is unimported.

NOTE: (VMware Virtual Machines restore points only) Under some

conditions, restore operations do not retain the thin‐provisioned state of

the component; that is, a restore operation may allocate all virtual disk

space, resulting in greater than expected space consumption.

Resync Allows for a faster recovery from a restore point by resetting the Storage

Center volumes to the appropriate Replay.

Make Writable For Windows extensions only. Makes an exposed restore point writable.

Making a restore point writable removes it from Replay Manager control.

Replays corresponding to restore points that have been made writable must

be managed using Storage Center.

Unmanage For VMware extensions only. Removes an exposed restore point from

management by Replay Manager Explorer. Unmanaged Replays must be

managed by Storage Center.